Journalist Fired for Calling Israeli Occupation Brutal
March 27, 2012 17:09 by Pesach Benson
Sunni Khalid
People have a right to free expression on Facebook and Twitter. But when posts reflect on a person’s work, it can undermines the public trust and the confidence of employers.
That’s a lesson Sunni Khalid learned. Khalid, the managing news editor for WYPR radio in Baltimore, got the boot for a comment he posted on Facebook. The Baltimore Sun explains what happened:
Khalid, a former Baltimore Sun reporter, had been on probation in February for comments he posted on the Facebook page of a friend questioning the influence of Israel on American politics.
“I, for one, have had enough of this pandering before the Israeli regime,” he wrote. “The war-mongering toward Iran has, once again, distracted the world from Israel’s brutal military occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.”
It’s the same issue we’re addressing with the UN’s false photo twitterer, Khulood Badawi.
(Image of Khalid via Facebook/S.m. Khalid)
Stephen
4:52 am
Mar 28, 2012
I enjoy the updates and Honest Reporting in general, but of late each daily update and just about every article is broken up over at least two pages. This simply makes it more difficult to read. One web page per daily update or article would make for an easier read.
Also, the web design allows you to click on a boxed number for the page you want to go to. Unfortunately, most of the time these numbers appear directly over part of the article, obscuring part of the article or daily update. This also makes it more difficult to read.
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Gefeuert: Journalist bezeichnete israelische Besatzung als brutal « Medien BackSpin
2:23 pm
Mar 28, 2012
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Lison Mechaly
4:44 pm
Apr 02, 2012
Just how much free expression should Facebook and Twitter permit is the question. Recently,
I and many many other facebookers reported a hate page called ” Catalog des Juifs en Chaleur” . It post despicable, racist, filth about jews and Israel and typically incites hate. Facebook refused to take down the page claiming it does not violate Facebook’s ” Statement of Rights and Responsibilities”. I read the statement and if this page does not violate it, I can’t imagine what possibly could.
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Len Kurtz
7:31 am
Jun 20, 2012
Proves that Jew haters are besides being mental cases, stupid idiots.
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